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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Risk response planning technique for a threat that creates changes to the project management plan that are meant to either eliminate the risk or to protect the project objectives from its impact.






2. Multiple attributes associated with each schedule activity that can be included within the activity list. activity attributes include activity codes - predecessor activities - successor activities - logical relationships - leads and lags - resource r






3. Any of all process related assets - from any or all of the organizations involved in the project that are or can be used to influence the project's success. these process assets include formal or informal plans - policies - procedures and guidelines.






4. Determining project stakeholder information needs and defining a communication approach






5. The process of prioritizing risks for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact






6. Number of labor units required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component






7. Structure in which the project manager shares responsibility with the functional managers for assigning priorities and directing the work of persons assigned to the project






8. One of the defining points of a schedule network; a junction point joined to some or all of the other dependency lines






9. Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result






10. Condition or situation unfavorable to the project - a negative set of circumstances - a negative set of events - a risk that will have a negative impact on a project objective if it occurs - or a possibility for negative changes






11. Type of procurement document used to request price quotations from prospective sellers of common or standard products or services






12. Category or rank used to distinguish items that have the same functional use but do not share the same requirements for quality






13. Deliverable oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables






14. Document that establishes criteria and activities for developing and controlling the project schedule






15. Processes to purchase or acquire the products - services or results needed from outside the project team to perform the work






16. The value of work performed expressed in terms of the approved budget assigned to that work for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. ALSO BCWP.






17. Store of historical information and lessons learned about both the outcomes of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance






18. Technique for estimating that applies a weighted average of optimistic - pessimistic and most likely estimates when there is uncertainty with the individual activity estimates






19. Information gathering technique examines the project from the perspective of each projects strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - and threats to increase the breadth of the risks considered by risk management






20. Continuously improving and detailing a plan as more detailed and specific information and more accurate estimates become available as the project progresses and thereby producing more accurate and complete plans that result from the successive iterat






21. Group of persons with a shared objective who fulfill their roles with little or no time spent meeting fact to face.






22. Authorized budget assigned to the scheduled work to be accomplished for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component






23. Schedule activity that has a low total float.






24. Smaller portion of the overall project created when a project is subdivided by their logical relationship






25. Judgment provided based upon expertise in an application area - knowledge area - discipline - industry - etc. as appropriate for the activity being performed.






26. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity can start - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.






27. Tracking team member performance - providing feedback - resolving issues and managing changes to optimize project performance






28. An information gathering technique used as a way to reach a consensus of experts on a subject. experts on the subject participate in the technique anonymously. a facilitator uses a questionnaire to solicit ideas about the important project points rel






29. Performing the work defined in the project management plan to achieve the project's objectives






30. Describes each component in the work breakdown structure (WBS). for each WBS component - the WBS dictionary includes a brief definition of the scope of statement of work - defined deliverables - a list of associated activities and list of milestones.






31. Budgeted cost of work performed






32. Float (total float - free float)






33. The document that describes the communications needs and expectations for the project; how and in what format information will be communicated; when and where each communication will be made; wan who is responsible for providing each type of communic






34. Analytical technique to determine the essential features and relationships of components in the project management plan to establish a reserve for the schedule duration - budget - estimated cost or funds for a project






35. Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives






36. Developing an approximation of the monetary resources needed to complete project activities






37. Describes how the project management team will implement the performing organizations quality plan.






38. Communicating and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and address issues as they occur






39. The expected total cost of a schedule activity - a work breakdown structure component or the project when the defined scope of work will be completed. Calculated based on performance to date or estimated by the project team based on other factors






40. A diagram that describes a decision under consideration and the implications of choosing one or another of the available alternatives. it is used when some future scenarios or outcomes of actions are uncertain. it incorporates probabilities and costs






41. Condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a system - product - service result or component to satisfy a contract - standard - specification or other formally imposed document.






42. Planned dates for performing schedule activities and planned dates for meeting schedule milestones






43. Hierarchal organization where each employee has one clear superior and staff are grouped by areas of specialization and managed by a person with expertise in that area.






44. Developing a document that formally authorizes a project or phase and documenting initial requirement that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations






45. Logical relationship where initiation of work of the successor activity depends on the completion of work of the predecessor activity






46. The approved estimate for the project or any work breakdown structure component or any schedule activity






47. Any unique and verifiable product - result - or capability to perform a service that must be produced to complete a process - phase or project.






48. A product - result or service generated by a process






49. Bar chart showing the amount of time that a resource is scheduled to work over a series of time periods.






50. Partially complete document in a predefined format that provides a defined structure for collecting - organizing and presenting information and data